Hanger for wall-radiators.



A. KEHIVL HANGER FOR WALL RADIATORS.

APPLICATION FILED MALL 1910.

963,580, Patented July 5, 1910.

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AUGUST KEHM, OF ELMHURST, ILLINOIS HANGER FOR WALL-RADIATORS;

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 5, 1910.

Application filed March 4, 1910. Serial No. 547,257.

fication, and which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

The invention relates to radiators, and more particularly to those adapted to be hung upon walls and the like, in a position which is inclined from the horizontal only a sufficient amount to insure their proper draina e.

The invention has for its objectto provide improved hangers or supports for such radiators, and contem lates a plurality of wall plates, adapted to l) in fixed position at a uniform elevation upon the wall to which the radiator is. to be applied, and supporting brackets, for receivmg the radiator, carried by the said wall plates and adjustable thereon for effecting the desired pitch or inclination of the radiator.

In the accompanying drawings :Figure 1 is a front elevation showing a wall radiator supported in the manner provided by the invention; Fig. 2 is a face view of one of the radiator supports illustrated in Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

. A wall radiator is generally designated by the numeral 10, in the drawings. This radiator may be of any form adapted for use by being hung in a substantially horizontal position against the wall of a room, but will usually be of considerable length, as by being formed of a plurality of sections, as 11,

. 12, connected together end to end, as shown at 13,13, and will preferably have parallel upper and lower flues 14, 15, provided with shoulders, as 16, adjacent their ends. For

supporting the radiator, a plurality of wall' plates, as 17, are provided. Two or more of these wall plates will be used in practice, one

of them being located adjacent each end of the radiator. The wall plates 17 preferably exceed in length the height of the radiator 10. l'.n use they are permanently secured to the wall of the room, as by lag screws 18, 19. Brackets, enerally designated by the d 21,- are adjustably mounted on each of thewall plates 17, for receiving e permanently secured upon the bracket 21, and may required for its drainage in use.

the radiator 10, as by engaging its upper and lower flues14, 15, respectlvely. Each .of the brackets 21, as shown, comprises a bolt 22, which enters a vertically extended slot 23, formedin the corresponding wall plate '17, adjacent its lower end, and has threaded engagement with a nut 24in rear of the wall plate. Intermediate its ends, the bolt 22 is provided with an inwardly facin shoulder 25 and a washer 26, of special shape, and preferably having a serrated or roughened face 27, for bearing upon the correspondingly serrated faces 28 of the wall plate 17 at the margins of the slot 23,

is mounted on the bolt 22, in front of the shoulder 26, t0 coiiperate with the niit 24 j in securing the bracket 21 in vertically adjusted position upon the wall plate. That part of the bolt 22, beyond the shoulder 26, serves as a supporting shelf or hearing for the radiator- 10. As shown, anti-friction rollers, 29, 30, preferably separated by a collar or washer 31 and having oppositely directed inclined faces 32, 33, are mounted on the bolt to form a seat for the lower flue 15 of the radiator.

Each of the brackets 20, most conveniently takes the form of a hook adapted to extend over the upper flue 14 of the radiator. This bracket is referably 80 mounted upon the COI'I'BSPODdlIlg wall plate 17 that it may be moved out of the way to be cleared by the radiator 10, as the radiator is bein seated c then adjusted toengage the upper flue 14 of the radiator, whatever be the position of adjustment of the bracket 21. As shown, the bracket 20 is secured to the wall plate 17 by a screw bolt 34, which enters a vertically extended slot 35, formed in the wall plate adjacent its higher end, through the base of the bracket and has threaded engagement with a clamping nut 36 in rear of the wall plate.

position upon the corresponding wall plates to give the radiator the pitch or inclination The bracket-20 will then be adjusted upon the several wall plates 17 to engage the upper flues 14 of the radiator to hold it to its seat upon the anti-friction rollers 29, 30, of the bracket 21. The anti-friction rollers 29, 30, permit the radiator to move in the hangers without strain upon them, as may be required by changes in the length of the radiator due to its expansion and contraction by heat, while the shoulders 16 formed on the flues 14:, 15, may engage the brackets 20, 21, to limit the movement of the radiator to prevent its being shifted in position.

As the brackets 20, 21 are adjustable upon the wall plates 17, the hanging of the radiator is much more conveniently efiected than is possible where the inclination of the radiator for drainage is secured by applying hangers to the wall at varying eleva tions, for the wall plates 17 may all be mounted at a uniform elevation, as by aplying them to the wall of a room at a uni orm measured distance from the floor.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a hanger for wall radiators having horizontal flues, in combination, a plurality of wall plates adapted to be secured to a wall at intervals along the length of the radiator, a vertically-adjustable bracket carceaseo ried by each of the wall plates, a rollerbearing mounted upon each of said brackets and forming a seat for the lower horizontal flue of the radiator, and a hooked member carried by each plate and engageable with the radiator above its lower horizontal flue.

2. In a hanger for wall radiators in combination, a plurality of wall plates adapted to be secured in fixed osition at a uniform elevation, each of sai plates having vertically extended slots adjacent its upper and lower ends, a plurality of seats for the lower edge of aradiator, each of said seats comprising a' clamping bolt ada ted to enter the slot a jacent the lower en of one of the wall plates, and hooks adapted to extend over the top of the radiator, each of said hooks being adj ustably secured to one of the wall plates by a clamping bolt entering the slot adjacent the higher end of the wall plate.

A AUGUST KEHM.

Witnesses: l

W. A. Mun'rz. WALLACE CRAIG. 

